Get clued in to lesser known open source Java projects that can save you time and money -- starting this month with Bernhard Pauler's balloontip project for Swing GUI development.

For example, the following Java class uses JOptionPane’s showInputDialog() method to prompt for user input, and then displays a message back to the user with the showMessageDialog() function. As you ...

In this installment of Open source Java projects, Jeff Friesen introduces you to JFXtras, utilities and add-ons that fill in useful features that are absent in JavaFX 1.0.